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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1991
APPEALS PROCEDURES AGAINST PLANNING PERMISSION REFUSÅL
THE TOWN PLANNING (APPEALS) REGULATIONS 1991 WHICH SET OUT THE PROCEDURES FOR APPEALS UNDER SECTION 17 OF THE TOWN ORDINANCE, WERE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
PLANNING'
(AMENDMENT)
THIS FOLLOWS THE ENACTMENT OF THE TOWN PLANNING
IN JULY THIS YEAR WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE (NO.2) ORDINANCE 1991
AGAINST DECISIONS SETTING UP OF AN APPEAL BOARD TO DEAL WITH APPEALS OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD (TPB) ON PLANNING APPLICATIONS.
FOR THE AGAINST THE
THE BASIC APPROACH 18 TO SUBSTITUTE THE APPEAL BOARD GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL AS THE INDEPENDENT CHANNEL OF APPEAL TPB'S DECISION ON PLANNING APPLICATIONS.
THIS ADDRESSES MUCH OF THE CONCERN ON THE INADEQUACIES OF THE ANY APPEAL PRESENT SYSTEM OF APPEALS. THE APPEAL BOARD'S DECISION ON SHALL BE FINAL.
APPELLANT MUST INCLUDE RIGHTS OF WITNESSES, REQUIREMENTY AND PARTICULARS
BE FILED BEFORE
THE REGULATIONS COVER MATTERS THAT AN IN THE NOTICE OF APPEAL, SPECIFY RELATING TO NOTICE OF HEARING HEARING.
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ABANDON THE
OF
FOR AN APPELLANT то THEY ALSO MAKE PROVISIONS WHOLE OR PART OF HIS APPEAL BEFORE THE HEARING, SPECIFY THE EFFECT
THE SECRETÁRY FAILURE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE APPEAL BOARD, AND REQUIRE TO THE APPEAL BOARD TO KEEP A WRITTEN RECORD FOR EACH APPEAL.
BE TABLED AT THE THE REGULATIONS WILL
LEGISLATIVE MEETING ON OCTOBER 23 AND, SUBJECT TO ANY AMENDMENTS MEMBERS COUNCIL MAY HAVE, BECOME EFFECTIVE ON NOVEMBER 18 THIS YEAR.
COUNCIL OF THE
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YAU TSIM BUILDING MANAGEMENT CAMPAIGN STARTS SUNDAY
THE 1991-92 YAU TSIM DISTRICT BUILDING MANAGEMENT PROMOTION CAMPAIGN WILL BEGIN WITH A SEMINAR IN THE HOLIDAY INN GOLDEN MILE, TSIM SHA TSUI ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 20).
SPONSORED BY THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT BOARD, THE CAMPAIGN IS ORGANISED BY A COMMITTEE COMPRISING DISTRICT BOARD AND AREA COMMITTER MEMBERS, BUILDING MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS, AND THE DISTRICT'g BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION TEAM.
A LAUNCHING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD
AT
2.30 PM PRIOR TO THE
SEMINAR.
/OFFICIATING AT